"That's one small step for a man, and one giant leap for mankind." These famous words by Neil L. Armstrong still ring true, but not in the way presented. After the end of WWII, a new conflict began between the Soviet Union and America, which later became known as the Cold War. Tensions between the two countries, who both were attempting to prove their systems of government were best, led to wars in Korea, a competitive arms race, extreme espionage, and issues such as the Cuban Missile Crisis. As the "war" dragged on, the eyes of the countries turned to space as the new frontier, with both countries determined to prove their dominance by accomplishing the most things in space. Russia accomplished many of the milestones in the beginning but the US prevailed when they successfully landed a man on the moon on July twentieth, nineteen-sixty-nine. This moon landing marked the ending to a twenty year "Space Race" against the Soviet Union, which would end up costing America over thirty billion dollars. Because of the enormous price tag and the twenty years of attempts filled with multiple failures, many Americans both present and past have questioned whether or not the Space Race was worth the absorbent resources it took, especially when America could've focused on other things such as the inequality of African Americans and the movement towards equality.